and price waterhouse, coopers both announced they are exiting russia due to the invasion kpmg addedus would also leave its net network stoly is rebranding its name to stoly. >>> as ukrainians flee the violence at home, signs of hope. lester hotel islt is at the pol border >> reporter: they come by the thousands, the weary, desperate to escape russia's relendless attacks, pouring into this city. and outside the train station, finding this ♪ a young woman at the piano, playing a song whose lyrics are a defiant expression of hope amid so much horror. what a wonderful world ♪ >> reporter: and at dusk, ukrainians uniting to sing folk songs in lviv's city square. ♪ while at the border crossing in poland, parents and children listen in. perhaps imagining a time when this all might be over >> and our thanks so much to lester for that story that we all need to hear thanks for waking up with us >>> breaking news overnight. russian officials announce a ceasefire, potentially clearing the way for desperate refugees to escape the violence as the humanitarian crisis reaches levels not seen since

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am a managing director with kpmg. i appreciate the opportunity to be here in person to present the audit results. i believe you've had a chance to receive the slides in advance. i won't be going through each slide, but i will focus on some points i want to highlight. i will start by tug sfpuc for their cooperation. we conducted the audit almost completely remotely. we received documents and files on a timely basis so we met the deadlines imposed. coming up to the next audit, we will work closely with sfpuc as we work with a hybrid approach. we will be doing some on-site and remote testing as we go to our next wave of field work here. we did issue opinions on three stand-alone set of financials. we perform audit procedures on those financials. those is financials were prepared for management. as she said, they received a clean or unmodified opinion, meaning those balances fairly present the financial activity for the sfpuc activities as stated. a couple of weeks ago, sfpuc also issued their annual comprehensive financi

two of the world's biggest accountancy and business consultancy firms, pwc and kpmg, have cut their russian express hasjoined visa and mastercard in shutting down its operations there. netflix has also stopped its service in russia, and tiktok has suspended all new video uploads and livestreams in the country. more than 5,000 people were arrested at anti—war protests in more than 60 cities across russia yesterday according to the monitoring group, ovd info. videos on social media show protestors chanting, "no to war" and "ukraine is not our enemy." it's thought more than 12,000 russian demonstrators have been detained since the conflict began. we'll have more from here in lviv later in the programme, but for now it's back to victoria in the studio. you are watching bbc news. we are continuing our average of the russian invasion of ukraine. it is the biggest shift ever seen in germany's post—war foreign policy. before the invasion of ukraine, such a militaristic stance would have been unacceptable for most germans. but in a recent poll 78% of germans agreed with the transformation in foreign

founded by stuart wallace, javier blas, and the rest on hydrocarbons, and we get excellent views from kpmgregina mayor. i've got to ticket to your visit in recent days to the united arab emirates. we spoke to the head of their energy policy, who stayed on script. i need you to get off script. what is the power of the persian gulf to affect global price and diminish mr. biden's efforts to lower price? regina: the opec+ producing nations definitely have the power to reduce prices right now. i was struck by that, that there is spare capacity in both saudi and the uae, but there is a sticking to the script that all of them are focused on. they have an agreement. that agreement has been in place, and they are sticking to the agreement. i think that gives a little bit of a buffer from some of the external pressures that might be facing them, and then when you ask each of them independently, the uae will say we are just 10%, but there is an agreement. so i am not surprised. tom: take us to a "bloomberg surveillance" conversation with the secretary of energy a number of months ago, and the point o

netflix and tiktok and facebook have followed suit kpmg as we will no longer operate.sia warned future payments on bonds could be affected by sanctions. the finance minuistry says it will pay debts on time, but ham purchased by further sanctions russia is due to make the next interest payment on march 16th failure to pay, could mean the first default in more than a century. >>> still ahead, cathie wood is defending her fund she expects to see spectacular returns over the next five years. we'll have more next cancer research requires bold and innovative thinking. you may be able to help science uncover the next breakthrough by sharing your patient data and unique experience with researchers. join stand up to cancer and count me in at standuptocancer.org/countmein. >>> bringing you back with the picture of the oil markets and brent crude and wti is soaring higher today that is impacting equities the stoxx 600 in europe is down heavily. these are the worst performing sectors. banks with exposure to russian lenders and exposed to the sanctions and ramifications. with the h

she is the global head of energy at kpmg, and that barely describes her contribution to the industry.r you and for dan juergen is underinvestment in america and hydrocarbons. what does the president need to do to jumpstart investment? regina: i love what dan juergen said about the need for government and industry to collaborate because in the u.s., we import 2% of our imports are russian oil. so we are not dependent on russian oil, and we have terminus opportunities to secure the u.s. energy industry, as well as provide important gas exports to places like europe and elsewhere, but government and industry needs to come together to further expand and exploit what we have in this country. tom: russia has siberia. we have candid to the north. how do we link our under will investment with trudeau's gift up north? regina: that is definitely a key source of supply. our neighbors to the south provide good sources of crude that fit our complexes as well, so if we were to better establish corridors, we could fuel the rest of the world. lisa: a lot of people are pointing the finger at the biden

. >> the counting for kpmg and pricewaterhouse coopers both announced they are exiting russia due toasion. >> from now on it is just stolei, the makers involve ca market as russia vodka is doing a rebranding in response to the war. >> the group announced it will only use slovakian sources to avoid russian ingredients. >> trevor: yeah, that's how bad it has gotten. even vodka doesn't want anything to do with russia any more. just think about that. can you imagines if hand gesture as nounsed they wanted nothing to do with italy. it is too toxic. so yeah, no toyota, no credit cards, no net fliksz. almost like all of russia is being forced to spend the weekend at their broke dad's house. but unfortunately, none of this has stopped russia's invasion of ukraine. probably because none of it is actually ficts putin. what people don't realize, sanctions are bad for the country, but this doesn't effect putin. putin doesn't drive a toyota. putin doesn't watch netflix. over use credit cards, you think this man pace, the man hasn't paid for anything in 20 years. which waiter has the balls to brin

financial blow to russia's economy visa and american express and paypal suspended operations in russia kpmg and pwc cutting ties as well they have 4,500 people living in the affected areas tiktok and netflix is also suspending services inside russia amid this breaking news with secretary of state blinken making comments with leaders in lithuania. that sit down comes as blinken is touring the baltic states he is live right now speaking. blinken reiterating the security of the region. blinken commenting on lithuania. we will bring you the headlines as you see and get a live report from steve sedgwick who is in lithuania. >>> we are going to go to talk about what is going on in the global markets ahead of the u.s. market open. we are joined by vance howard of howard capital management. and then blake gwinn let's start with vance what is the issue with russian oil and no longer taking im imports. you see the futures across the board pointing to a negative open how should investors review this information as they wake up to the news this morning? >> there is not a lot they can do about it now. w

behalf of the entire board i want to acknowledge and thank all of the conference partners aig, kpmg, mckinsey global institute, morgan stanley, the census bureau, and abbott who provided the test kits so we can all feel safe and sound as we collect together. so thank you all for your support. at this point i'm going to call up lamont henry who is the main foundation chair. he has a few words to say about the foundation. we all know it is more than a few. >> well my friends, first let me say, first let me stop chewing thank you. my name is doctor lavonne henry. and i am chair of the foundation. i would like to say the foundation is now in its 18th year of supporting you just stop the advancement of young professionals in the business of economics. has awarded 643 scholarships totaling $371,000. we are continuing that effort. and in all transparency and honesty we could not have done this without your support. we cannot continue doing this without your continued support unit i was coming my friends. we'll talk about more and a second are scholars would you all please rise conference sc

countries that are boycotting russia, and so many have pulled out, like mayor accounting firms like kpmgusiness point of view, somewhat understandable but from a politics point of view, it is upsetting a lot of people. >> it is going to be a story to watch for sure in the coming days. live from london, thank you as always. >>> still ahead, the humanitarian crisis on the eastern european border is reaching a staggering level. the latest estimate, 100 ukrainians are crossing into poland every minute. coming up, we are looking at what more can be done to help these refugees. better hearing leads to a better life. and that better life... ...starts at miracle-ear. it all begins with the most innovative technology... ...like the new miracle-earmini™. available exclusively at miracle-ear. so small, no one will see it. but you'll notice the difference. and now, miracle-ear is offering a 30-day risk-free trial. you can experience better hearing with no obligation. call 1-800-miracle right now and experience a better life. your heart is at the heart of everything you do. and if you have heart fail

we're just getting word that two of these so-called big four accounting firms, kpmg and price water houseooper pulling out their russia-based member firms. >>> plus what we know about the united states and poland working to meet zelenskyy's request for more jets to take on russia from the air. >>> and we take you to two border crossings in poland to update you on the growing humanitarian crisis as the biden administration works diplomatic channels in south america, sending a team to talk to putin ally, president nicolas maduro of venezuela. >>> tonight, lieutenant colonel alexander vindman on what to make of that and more. >>> we begin our coverage in lviv, ukraine, where nbc's cal perry remains at his post. cal, president zelenskyy now condemning world powers as a senior defense official tells nbc news that roughly 95% of russian forces are now inside ukraine. bring us up to speed. >> reporter: so we have this deteriorating situation along the black sea coast. in the city of mariupol. you had 400,000 residents there. unclear how many that remain but for those who have remained, he said,

acknowledge and thank all of the conference partners who help support us, the peterson foundation, aig, kpmg, the mckinsey global institute, morgan stanley, the census bureau, third way, and abbott who provided the test kits so that we can all feel safe and sound as we collect together. so thank you all for your support. [applause] >> at this point i'm going to call up lavonne henry who is the nabe foundation chair, and he has a few words to say about the foundation. we all know it's more than a few. >> well, my friends, first let me say, first let me stop chewing -- thank you. my name is doctor lavonne henry and then chair of the nabe foundation. i would like to save the nabe foundation step in its 18th year of supporting, and you saw the advancement of young professionals in the field of business economics. over the past seven years since 2015 on, the foundation has awarded 643 scholarships and subsidies totaling $371,000 and were continuing that effort. [applause] and in all transparency and honesty, we could not have done this without your support. we can't keep doing this without your c

in-stores or at atm's in russia and belarus and then three of the big four accounting firms, hads kpmg, they won't serve russian businesses and pricewaterhousecoopers have been in rush o for more than 30 years stuart: i don't think putin was expecting this kind of financial reaction because it is extreme, the most severe sanctions ever imposed on any nation state. really something else. lauren: that might fuel him to feel a little bit more aggressive to get more territory stuart: how will he respond to this? lauren thank you. check futures again, we've come back nicely, i got out of bed this morning very early, the dow was down over 500 points, now it's down 80 and the nasdaq is down just 27. so, the losses have moderated a little. unless than two weeks, more than 1.7 million people have fled ukraine, most of them going to poland. why isn't the united nations building refugee camps there? i'll ask a u.n. official, a refugee official on the show later. secretary of state blinken says nato countries have the green light to send fighter jets to ukraine. watch this. >> if, for instance, th

joined now by yael selfin — chief economist at the international consultancy and accounting group kpmgber of countries, especially poorer countries, especially poorer countries where that shortage could be felt. but also more generally the fact that we are going to lose that supply globally, it means that we are already seeing the prices of wheat and other food staples rise quite significantly. that will have an impact, as well, making food much more expensive for, especially for poorer households.— poorer households. what is the domino effect _ poorer households. what is the domino effect of— poorer households. what is the domino effect of that, - poorer households. what is the domino effect of that, as - poorer households. what is the domino effect of that, as well? | poorer households. what is the - domino effect of that, as well? when you look at things like the price of fertiliser, for instance? absolutely. on top of the fact that we have some staple foods that will be seeing their prices go up, we also have potash and one of the key ingredients of fertilisers that is one of the k

with me is yael selfin, who is the chief economist at kpmg uk and danni hewson, a financial analyst atf the measures depend on you being in work and earning the right amount of money. david and cardiff ask, what is the additional rise in income for someone who is on benefits, people scurrying around to see how they were mentioned. the? see how they were mentioned. they were not mentioned _ see how they were mentioned. they were not mentioned at all, we know universal_ were not mentioned at all, we know universal credit will go up by 3.1%, the level_ universal credit will go up by 3.1%, the level of— universal credit will go up by 3.1%, the level of inflation in september. that was— the level of inflation in september. that was announced in the autumn statement — that was announced in the autumn statement. there has been nothing else on_ statement. there has been nothing else on top— statement. there has been nothing else on top of that. the only thing people _ else on top of that. the only thing people will get extra is if they are earning. — people will get extra is if they are earnin